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3.....PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL
a. PERSONAL.................................
present member, Editorial Board, Fort Myers News-Press (FL) present
member, Board of Visitors, Ave Maria School of Law (Naples FL)
present member, Harvard Club of Lee County (FL)
graduate, Cape Coral (FL) Citizens Academy (May 2009) Phillips Academy (Andover), graduate Harvard University (A.B.), graduate
Boston University
School of Law (LL.B.), graduate Commanding
Officer, 437th Military Police Company USACOMZEUR (Orleans, France) (Captain, US Army, active duty three years) NH State Representative (Hampton &
Hampton Falls); Chair, House Appropriations subcommittee on Justice; Member, House-Senate Committee of Conference on NH State
Operating Budget Member,
editorial board, Portsmouth Herald (daily and Sunday newspaper, seacoast NH) Regular host, "A Piece of Your Mind",
WSCA-FM, 106.1 FM (interview-based radio show, Portsmouth NH)
Writing: -----Kirkus Reviews, contributor (paid book
reviews)
-----New York Times Magazine ("The Fiber Optic Confessional", paid article) ..... (later adapted
by Epiphany Theater Company and presented at Chelsea Playhouse, Manhattan)
-----Commonweal Magazine ("Forgive Me,
Solicitor", paid article)
-----Tri-City Free Press (Rochester NH) (weekly legal advice column)
-----Hampton
Union (Hampton NH) (weekly movie review column)(as "Kermit Archbald")
-----Seacoast After Dark (Hampton NH)
(weekly movie review column) (as "Davenport Wayvelle")
-----Dateline New England Magazine (dating advice articles
from a lawyer !!)
-----Also: signed articles in the New Hampshire Bar Association News, Union Leader, Foster's Daily
Democrat, Portsmouth Herald, Tidings (Catholic diocesan newspaper), and WEVO-FM (NH Public Radio, broadcast editorial)
Other: Taught CCD program at Saint Michael Parish (Exeter NH); Chair,
Saint Michael Pastoral Council; Trustee, Exeter (NH) Public Library; Alternate
member, Exeter (NH) Planning Board; Moderator, Hampton (NH) School District; Member,
Board of Directors, Harvard Club of New Hampshire; Fluent in French (studied four years at Andover,
lived three years in France); Member, Phillips Academy
Alumni Council
Memberships:
Harvard Club of Boston (35-year member); American Association of University Professors;National District Attorneys Association; Legal Writing Institute
Performing Arts: (a) Leddy Performing Arts Center (Epping NH), Mr Brownlow in "Oliver!"; (b) Exeter Players (Exeter NH), Tax Collector in "You Can't Take It With You"; (c) WSCA-FM Community Radio Theatre Players (Portsmouth NH): Mr White in a radio dramatization of "Monkey's Paw";
Mr Hopkins in "Baby Snooks' Hallowe'en" (1954 episode); and Sam the Bartender in "Gunsmoke: The Guitar"
(1952 episode); voice in the crowd, "Why I Live at the Post Office" (story by Eudora Welty) b. LAWYER................................
(After 33 years in the courtroom; I no longer take any cases; Instead, I teach; See Tab 2 of this website)
present Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Maryland (adjunct, University College, on-line) Private law practice in New Hampshire (mostly criminal
trial law) (Rye, Exeter, Hampton NH)
New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth & Families (State's trial attorney
in child abuse cases), Salem NH
Assistant Strafford County Attorney (prosecutor), Rochester NH
City Prosecutor,
Concord NH
Police Prosecutor, Seabrook NH
President, Rockingham County Bar Association
NH Bar Association:
Board of Governors (at-Large)
NH Bar News: Editorial Board
NH Bar Foundation: Board of Directors
NH
Supreme Court: Standards & Goals Project (panel)
NH Superior Court: Alternative Dispute Resolution (panel) Licensed to practice law: (NH
and MA, State and Federal)
(admitted
NH, 1972. "Inactive-retired" status, as of August, 2008)
(admitted MA, 1971. "Inactive"
status, as of April, 1995)
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